As a programmer, the loss of GitHub is a pretty big deal in terms of work productivity, and as a maintainer of production systems that rely on assets from GitHub, it's a pretty big availability issue.

I mean, i get it, its a big deal to us. But tragic? Syria is tragic. Github is just above annoying.

Let's say that it's tragic for the people whose job it is to maintain those services.

Try PayPal. That's gonna be a big issue for everyone who uses their payment processing.